European Central Bank — Real Time Database (research database) (RTD)
The Real Time Database (RTD) is a dataset published by the European Central Bank via its Data Portal, providing official economic and price time series as the RTD dataflow over the SDMX 2.1 REST API. A single endpoint serves data in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats, allowing users to extract specific series using a key path along with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters. The same series can also be browsed and charted directly on the ECB Data Portal, supporting economic research and analysis across the euro area.Real Time Database (research database) (RTD) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the RTD dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.
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Data schema (27 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Annual, Monthly, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Euro area (moving concept in the Real Time database context), Japan, United States) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | 4 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted, Working day and seasonally adjusted, Seasonally adjusted, not working day adjusted) |
| RT_ECON_CONCEPTReal time database item | dimension | 247 codes (e.g. Collective consumption expenditure (P32, ESA 95) - All sectors/ unspecified/ not applicable (ESA2010)-NCBs - General government (ESA2010)-NCBs - Non-financial flows current prices, Final consumption expenditure (P.3) - All sectors/ unspecified/ not applicable (ESA2010)-NCBs - General government (ESA2010)-NCBs - Non-financial flows current prices, Individual consumption expenditure (P31, ESA 95) - All sectors/ unspecified/ not applicable (ESA2010)-NCBs - General government (ESA2010)-NCBs - Non-financial flows current prices) |
| RT_DENOMReal time database series denomination | dimension | 8 codes (e.g. Percentage, Index, Japanese Yen) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | — |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| UNIT_PRICE_BASE | attribute | — |
| AGG_EQUNAggregation equations | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_DETAIL | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
| FREQ | REF_AREA | ADJUSTMENT | RT_ECON_CONCEPT | RT_DENOM | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | S0 | N | F_CEC_CGG_D0 | F | 2024 | 8.084312 |
| A | S0 | N | F_CEF_CGG_D0 | F | 2024 | 21.547048 |
| A | S0 | N | F_CEI_CGG_D0 | F | 2024 | 13.462736 |
| A | S0 | N | F_CFC_CGG_D0 | F | 2024 | 2.889616 |
| A | S0 | N | F_COE_CGG_D0 | F | 2025 | 10.0577 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Query examples
curl -s 'https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/dataflow/ECB' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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